Three of our members were selected as Society of Women Engineers award recipients for FY15! Their awards will be presented at the We15 Conference Award Banquet in Nashville, TN in October. Please join us in congratulating them for their technical and SWE community contributions!
Shelley Stracener – Distinguished New Engineer
Nandika Anne D’Souza, P.E., Ph.D. – Distinguished Engineering Educator
Kate Van Dellen – Distinguished New Engineer
Dallas SWE kicked off the beginning of our new year with the annual Capital One Corporate Spotlight event. On Tuesday, July 14, Capital One graciously hosted the members of Dallas SWE at their new Capital One Conference Center at their Plano campus and provided delicious heavy appetizers and drinks for the evening. Capital One has been a sponsor of Dallas SWE for several years, including our award winning outreach event, Design Your World.
The event started off with a meet and greet of Capital One employees and the members and guests of Dallas SWE. Dalia Soliman-Powers, Vice President of Technology, spoke to the 40+ attendees of her road to engineering, the twists and turns in her career path, and the positive influence she hopes to leave on her daughter and her daughter’s peers. Dalia highlighted the importance work-life balance, by taking pride in your work without losing your sense of self. She reminded all in attendance of the worth of women serving in technical roles and the skills they bring to the table. Dalia noted the importance of diversity in an organization, not only limited to gender, but also ethnicities, education, and life experience.
Following Dalia’s talk, Jennifer Phillips and Michele Rufus, from Capital One’s Diversity Recruiting, further highlighted the importance of diversity and inclusion at Capital One and any successful business, organization, and team. Purvi Patel and Tabitha Hill rounded off the night by speaking of opportunities in technology at Capital One.
A very special thank you to Melissa Sanderson at Capital One for organizing the event with Dallas SWE and our wonderful speakers! All opportunities at Capital One can be found at their job site:
If you’re interested in a career at Capital One, here’s how you can apply:
The next Dallas SWE Professional Development meeting will be held in September at Lockheed Martin in Grand Prairie. Meeting details to follow, so check back often.
Have you renewed your SWE membership for FY16? If not, please do so before the September 30 deadline by visiting the SWE Membership Page.
~ Zaineb Ahmad, Dallas SWE VP of Membership
On July 18, Dallas SWE partnered with Fort Worth SWE to reach out to attendees of Moon Day at the Frontiers of Flight Museum! This is a great event to celebrate the anniversary of the first Moon landing with guest speakers, scientists, and engineers from across the aerospace industry. We showed students how to build electronic circuits with resistors, potentiometers, LEDs and buzzers. Fort Worth SWE brought their aluminum foil boat station where kids constructed a vessel from one sheet of aluminum foil, then tested it in a tub of water to see how many washer weights it could hold before sinking. Hint: surface area is an important consideration! We had a lot of fun, thanks to the Frontiers of Flight Museum for another spectacular event, and thanks to Fort Worth SWE for joining us! Check out the photos below!
You may have noticed that our webpage has gotten a bit of a face lift recently! The Society of Women Engineers underwent a rebranding process for FY16 so we have updated our graphics accordingly. We’re excited about the new, modern logo and for what SWE has in store for this new fiscal year!
What do you want to see from Dallas SWE this year? There are three ways you can help us make the most of our organization! Your feedback is important to us!
Last but not least, we want to remind you that registration for the WE15 SWE Annual Conference in Nashville, TN is now OPEN! Visit the WE15 website to reserve housing, sign up to be a volunteer, or claim your spot by registering. You don’t want to miss this exhilarating conference with over 8,000 attendees and hundreds of professional development, technical, and keynote speaker sessions from every type of engineer and every type of career. Check it out!
Interested in contributing to the strategic planning of Dallas SWE activities for FY16? Come join the Officer Transition and FY16 Planning Session on July 25! It’s a SWE New Year which means new connections and new opportunities for you to improve your leadership skills and give back to our community.
When: Saturday, July 25, 2015
Officers and Leadership Team Planning Session from 10am-2pm
General Member Feedback Session 2pm-3pm
Where: MEDHOST, Inc., 6100 West Plano Parkway #3100, Plano, TX 75093
Please fill out this form and send to dallas.swe@gmail.com by Wednesday, July 22.
Please join Dallas SWE for our annual Capital One Corporate Spotlight Meeting. The event includes networking with appetizers and drinks, Keynote and Q&A with Dalia Soliman-Powers, Vice President of Capital One Auto Finance, Dealer M&A and Data Infrastructure! Come join in on the networking and learn about career opportunities with Capital One!
When: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 6:30-8:30pm
Where: Capital One Conference Center, 8036 Dominion Parkway Plano, TX 75024 – The Walnut Foyer
Parking: Free valet parking – pull into circle of conference center at revolving doors (see map)
Cost: FREE, thanks to Capital One!
Interested in a career at Capital One? Ready for something great?
Here’s how you can apply:
